On the night of February 21, Ukrainian forces struck key Russian military-industrial and logistics facilities, including an attack on the Votkinsk plant in Russia.
This was confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the report, the strike on the Votkinsk facility in Udmurtia was carried out by units of the Ukrainian Missile Forces and Artillery using long-range FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.
A fire was recorded at the plant, and the military is currently assessing the results.
“The Votkinsk plant performs the following functions: production of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) RS-24 “Yars”, “Yars-C”, “Yars-M” (based on the RS-24 “Yars”, the RS-26 “Rubezh” missiles were developed, with the experimental variant being “Oreshnik”); ballistic missiles 3M-30 (R-30) “Bulava” for Project 955A “Borei-A” submarines; ballistic missiles type 9M723-1 for the operational-tactical missile systems “Iskander-M” and 9-C-7760 for the aviation missile system “Kinzhal”,” the General Staff noted.
The distance from the plant to the Russian-Ukrainian border on territory controlled by Ukraine is approximately 1,300 km in a straight line.
“As a result of the strike on the Votkinsk plant by FP-5 ‘Flamingo’ missiles, a breach measuring approximately 30 × 24 meters was recorded in the roof of one of the workshops. The height of the damage is uneven: about 24 meters on one side and 18 meters on the other. The nature of the destruction and the collapse pattern indicate that the epicenter of the explosion was inside the building, likely causing the interior areas to be completely burned out. The strike hit Building No. 19 — the electroplating and stamping workshop. Within this production section, processes such as metal stamping and forming, manufacturing of missile body components, and electroplating of parts (applying protective and functional coatings, preparing surfaces for subsequent assembly) were carried out,” reports the Ukrainian OSINT project CyberBoroshno.
